--- title: Commercial Real Estate Strategies & Insights | SimonCRE | Ground Up Development description: Ground Up Development | With a proven track record of successfully navigating the unique challenges in commercial development and acquisitions, SimonCRE has prepared a series of resources and guides that offer commercial real estate strategies and insights. --- - [Properties](https://simoncre.com/properties/#!/main) - About Us - [Our Company](https://simoncre.com/about-us/) - [Our Team](https://simoncre.com/our-team/) - [Our Culture](https://simoncre.com/our-culture/) - [Careers](https://simoncre.com/careers/) - Approach - [Development](https://simoncre.com/development/) - [Acquisitions](https://simoncre.com/acquisitions/) - [Dispositions](https://simoncre.com/dispositions/) - Resources - [Insights](https://blog.simoncre.com/insights) - [News](https://blog.simoncre.com/news) - [Case Studies](https://blog.simoncre.com/case-studies) - [Contact](https://simoncre.com/contact-us/) ![noun_E-mail App Icon_780095](https://blog.simoncre.com/hubfs/noun_E-mail%20App%20Icon_780095.svg "noun_E-mail App Icon_780095") - [Properties](https://simoncre.com/properties/#!/main) - About Us - [Our Company](https://simoncre.com/about-us/) - [Our Team](https://simoncre.com/our-team/) - [Our Culture](https://simoncre.com/our-culture/) - [Careers](https://simoncre.com/careers/) - Approach - [Development](https://simoncre.com/development/) - [Acquisitions](https://simoncre.com/acquisitions/) - [Dispositions](https://simoncre.com/dispositions/) - Resources - [Insights](https://blog.simoncre.com/insights) - [News](https://blog.simoncre.com/news) - [Case Studies](https://blog.simoncre.com/case-studies) - [Contact](https://simoncre.com/contact-us/) SUBSCRIBE - [![](https://blog.simoncre.com/hubfs/Simoncre_March2020_Theme/Images/facebook-1.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/SimonCommercialRealEstate) - [![](https://blog.simoncre.com/hubfs/Simoncre_March2020_Theme/Images/twitter-1.svg)](https://twitter.com/simon_cre) - [![](https://blog.simoncre.com/hubfs/Simoncre_March2020_Theme/Images/linkedin-1.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/simoncre) - [![](https://blog.simoncre.com/hubfs/Simoncre_March2020_Theme/Images/instagram.svg)](https://instagram.com/simon.cre) # Insights ![](https://blog.simoncre.com/hubfs/Blog%20Files/Icons/Horizontal.svg) News & views of the industry we love [![](https://blog.simoncre.com/hubfs/Simoncre_March2020_Theme/Images/circle.svg)](https://blog.simoncre.com/insights/topic/ground-up-development#down) [![](https://blog.simoncre.com/hubfs/Blog%20Files/Icons/Group.svg) back to resources](https://blog.simoncre.com/insights) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 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